Ageing, the Body and the Gender Regime : Health, Illness and Disease Across the Life Course.
- Milton : Routledge, 2019.
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness .
Intersectionality in research on health in later life
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Embodying the gender regime: Health, illness and disease across the life course; Introduction; The life course as a structuring device for gendered health inequalities; Ages, stages and health inequalities; Gender and the gender regime; Age and the age system; Corporeality, illness and the social: embodying gender; The chapters in this book; Note; References; 1. Embodying gender in the everyday: Exploring space, body-scrutiny and safety; Introduction: youth, gender, and health inequalities Gender-based violence on the global agendaPoor mental health is patterned by gender relations; Embodied approaches to understand youth, gender and health; 'Gender in the everyday': exploring embodied negotiations of risk and safety on a university campus; Shrinking the self for the classroom space; Performing femininity; Bodily distress and mental health; Uplifting effects of relational enquiry; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Unscrambling risk, contesting expertise: The case of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine; Introduction The HPV vaccine: contest, conflict and competing claimsDefining the contours of the risk society; Interrogating risk: non-knowledge, trust and uncertainty; Notes; References; 3. Bodies and boundaries in three generations; Bodies in time and place; A three-generational study; (Female) bodies and (male) sexuality; Sexualising the body; Gendering bodies and degendering sexuality; The body project in a psychosocial and generational perspective; The 'fourth generation': the body project between increased sexualisation and escalating infantilisation?; Notes; References 4. Contested chronic conditions fused with medical uncertainty: Gendered perspectivesIntroduction; Theoretical background: context, concepts and perspectives; The 'male' disorder that became a 'female' disorder; Aetiological assumptions: beyond theoretical interest; The case of Nanette Leroux; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5. Reclaiming menopause; Introduction; Suffering and loss; Rebirth; Un-shaming menopausal symptoms; Reclaiming menopause; Acknowledgements; References; 6. Beyond lipstick and woodwork: Why gender matters when living with dementia; Introduction Key theory and the role of genderRecognising dementia, sustaining self; Talk and body talk; Making decisions, having a say; Conclusions; References; 7. 'Men are not women': Biomedicine and the (hetero)sexing of ageing bodies; Romancing successful ageing; Diagnosing discontents; 'Men are not women': differentiating the 'ageing male'; Meanwhile, back at the lab: heterosexualising difference; (Hetero) sex as health; Conclusions; References; 8. Toward an intersectional approach to health in later life: Incorporating age relations; An intersectional approach
The current (postfeminist) gender order comprises a highly complex coexistence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and constraints, within a neoliberal social order underpinned by individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men and women. Health, illness and disease at different points in the life course can be used as a vehicle to illuminate structural and cultural inequalities that persist despite several decades of progressive reform in western countries. This collection brings together a number of key researchers, both established and new to the field, and based across North America, Australia, the UK and Europe, and comprises both empirical and theoretical work. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary fields, including medical sociology, medical anthropology, nursing, gender studies, sociology of risk and age studies, all authors use heath, well-being, illness and disease as a lens through which to explore the complexities and inequalities associated with late modernity. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of age studies, medical sociology and anthropology, gender studies, healthcare and nursing.
0429786549 9780429786549 9780429786532 0429786530 9780429434952 0429434952 9780429786525 0429786522
Aging.
Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
RC952
612.67
Intersectionality in research on health in later life
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Embodying the gender regime: Health, illness and disease across the life course; Introduction; The life course as a structuring device for gendered health inequalities; Ages, stages and health inequalities; Gender and the gender regime; Age and the age system; Corporeality, illness and the social: embodying gender; The chapters in this book; Note; References; 1. Embodying gender in the everyday: Exploring space, body-scrutiny and safety; Introduction: youth, gender, and health inequalities Gender-based violence on the global agendaPoor mental health is patterned by gender relations; Embodied approaches to understand youth, gender and health; 'Gender in the everyday': exploring embodied negotiations of risk and safety on a university campus; Shrinking the self for the classroom space; Performing femininity; Bodily distress and mental health; Uplifting effects of relational enquiry; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Unscrambling risk, contesting expertise: The case of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine; Introduction The HPV vaccine: contest, conflict and competing claimsDefining the contours of the risk society; Interrogating risk: non-knowledge, trust and uncertainty; Notes; References; 3. Bodies and boundaries in three generations; Bodies in time and place; A three-generational study; (Female) bodies and (male) sexuality; Sexualising the body; Gendering bodies and degendering sexuality; The body project in a psychosocial and generational perspective; The 'fourth generation': the body project between increased sexualisation and escalating infantilisation?; Notes; References 4. Contested chronic conditions fused with medical uncertainty: Gendered perspectivesIntroduction; Theoretical background: context, concepts and perspectives; The 'male' disorder that became a 'female' disorder; Aetiological assumptions: beyond theoretical interest; The case of Nanette Leroux; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5. Reclaiming menopause; Introduction; Suffering and loss; Rebirth; Un-shaming menopausal symptoms; Reclaiming menopause; Acknowledgements; References; 6. Beyond lipstick and woodwork: Why gender matters when living with dementia; Introduction Key theory and the role of genderRecognising dementia, sustaining self; Talk and body talk; Making decisions, having a say; Conclusions; References; 7. 'Men are not women': Biomedicine and the (hetero)sexing of ageing bodies; Romancing successful ageing; Diagnosing discontents; 'Men are not women': differentiating the 'ageing male'; Meanwhile, back at the lab: heterosexualising difference; (Hetero) sex as health; Conclusions; References; 8. Toward an intersectional approach to health in later life: Incorporating age relations; An intersectional approach
The current (postfeminist) gender order comprises a highly complex coexistence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and constraints, within a neoliberal social order underpinned by individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men and women. Health, illness and disease at different points in the life course can be used as a vehicle to illuminate structural and cultural inequalities that persist despite several decades of progressive reform in western countries. This collection brings together a number of key researchers, both established and new to the field, and based across North America, Australia, the UK and Europe, and comprises both empirical and theoretical work. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary fields, including medical sociology, medical anthropology, nursing, gender studies, sociology of risk and age studies, all authors use heath, well-being, illness and disease as a lens through which to explore the complexities and inequalities associated with late modernity. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of age studies, medical sociology and anthropology, gender studies, healthcare and nursing.
0429786549 9780429786549 9780429786532 0429786530 9780429434952 0429434952 9780429786525 0429786522
Aging.
Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
RC952
612.67